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The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track—until the recession hits and she is downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, all for a slim chance of getting rehired.

In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Samantha’s new job takes her into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack. But some of the locals aren’t so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town, and within weeks Samantha is engulfed in litigation that turns deadly. Because like most small towns, Brady harbors big secrets that some will kill to conceal.

The unfinished story

Ok Grisham, you're going to have to do better than this. Were you trying to emulate Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony" when you wrote Gray Mountain?
This book has all the style and finesse of the other books written by this author, being both an easy, and exciting read. I'll have to think twice about investing in Grisham's next tome if Gray Mountain is a portent of style to come, as it seems he just put his pen down 3/4-way through the story and ended the book prematurely. I even checked my e-reader to see if it malfunctioned, as the end of this book was so ill-conceived that it surely could not have been written by such an esteemed author such as Grisham.
It would seem many authors have a gift and passion for great storytelling in their early careers, only to be more concerned with fees earned from their publisher in their twilight. Sadly, we may have seen the start of that decline with Gray Mountain.

par James Hon décembre 28, 2014

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2.0

Grey Mountain by John Grisham

Great book until the last four or five pages. The ending came very abruptly and seemed like the author was bored and didn't know how to end the book. it wasn't a smooth fluid ending. Very harsh!

par Doug Naulton décembre 24, 2014

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4.0

Good

I liked it but I felt it was unfinished. I think authors are having a hard time ending their books and this just left me hanging.

par The Abductionon mars 09, 2015

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5

A Sequel?

I don't often give 5 stars. I became so intrigued by the characters that I want to know what happened next in their lives. I also had no idea about the lives of coal miners and others who live in the Appalachians. Fascinating.

par Wendyon février 10, 2015

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3.0

This was okay

Not Mr. Grisham best effort. It was just not up to the same standard as some of my personal favorites like "The Rainmaker", The Runaway Jury and the Testament. It almost like he is setting us up for a sequel.